Guangming Forum: Comprehensively Digging into the Treasure of Chinese Civilization China | Marxism | Forum
Guangming Forum
Author: Shang Zhixiao
Chinese culture has a long and rich history, and Chinese civilization is vast and profound. To promote cultural prosperity, build a strong cultural nation, and build a modern civilization of the Chinese nation from a new starting point, it is necessary to fully respect the excellent traditional Chinese culture; To promote creative transformation and innovative development, it is necessary to vigorously inherit Chinese civilization and comprehensively explore the treasure trove of Chinese civilization guided by Marxism.
This is not only a profound summary of our party's historical experience, but also points out the basic task and direction of building a new culture and creating a new civilization under new historical conditions.
Chinese civilization embodies the inherent qualities and spiritual charm of the Chinese nation, and is one of the oldest civilizations in world history. Among the four oldest civilizations in the world, the language and writing of ancient Egypt, Babylon, and ancient India have not been continued, and the classics and concepts have not been passed down. Only the Chinese civilization has never been interrupted and passed down. The Chinese nation, with a long history of over 5000 years, has formed a unique form of civilization and gradually radiated its influence in all directions. The Chinese civilization has accumulated continuously in the long process of historical development, passed down through various dynasties and generations, and created a brilliant miracle that has lasted for more than 5000 years, giving birth to a brilliant pearl in the history of human civilization development.
The Chinese civilization contains countless rich elements with global significance, and is an unparalleled treasure trove. From the perspective that civilization is a comprehensive body that includes material civilization, political civilization, spiritual civilization, and other broad contents, Chinese civilization has demonstrated magnificent achievements in material product creation, political system creation, spiritual and cultural innovation, and other aspects, reflecting a brilliant and colorful cultural atmosphere. As for the etiquette civilization at the institutional level, the Chinese nation not only attaches great importance to it, but also emphasizes that "without learning etiquette, one cannot establish oneself." The Yanzi Spring and Autumn Annals argue that "the reason why ordinary people are more precious than beasts is to have etiquette." Moreover, a series of normative requirements are permeated into all aspects of social life, allowing everyone to deeply understand and lead by example. If we delve into the achievements of spiritual civilization, the enormous treasure trove of Chinese civilization is truly breathtaking. Not to mention the cultural elements contained in Chinese martial arts, opera, costumes, calligraphy and painting, and medicine, the number of preserved literature and classics is already numerous in the Ganges River. A single "Complete Library of Four Branches" can reach 80000 volumes and 800 million words. According to statistics, China has preserved about 50 million ancient books, exceeding the sum of all other countries. This vast and unparalleled treasure trove of civilization is truly the only thing that humanity has and only exists in the world.
In the face of the vast, massive and magnificent Chinese civilization, we must look at and explore it with an attitude of great value, inherit and carry forward it with an independent act, extract essence from it, draw energy, and make the past serve the present and bring forth the new.To fully tap the treasure house of Chinese civilization is the need to inherit and develop the excellent traditional culture of China, promote the creative transformation and innovative development of the excellent traditional culture of China, realize the combination of the basic principles of Marxism with the excellent traditional culture of China, from mutual agreement to mutual achievement, give Chinese path to modernization a deep foundation and form a cultural form of Chinese path to modernization, expand the cultural foundation of the socialist road with Chinese characteristics, create a new cultural life body with organic unity, and vigorously promote the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics and the construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. This is the historical responsibility bestowed upon contemporary China and a new cultural mission that we must undertake in the new era.
To fully tap into the treasure trove of Chinese civilization, we must be guided by Marxism, which fundamentally lies in activating the vibrant elements of excellent traditional Chinese culture with Marxism, and endowing it with new era connotations with a scientific worldview and methodology; At the same time, we will inject the great spirit and rich wisdom inherited by the Chinese nation into the innovative development process of Marxism at a deeper level, so that Marxism can firmly take root in China. Guided by Marxism, we comprehensively excavate the treasure trove of over 5000 years of Chinese civilization, requiring us to further inherit and demonstrate the outstanding characteristics of continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness, and peace of Chinese civilization, enhance the enterprising spirit of the Chinese nation to uphold integrity and respect the past, enhance the fearless character of the Chinese nation to not fear new challenges and accept new things, and strengthen the common belief of the Chinese people that the land is inseparable, the country is not chaotic, the nation is inseparable, and civilization is inseparable; We are required to adhere to the Marxist stand, point of view and method, systematically sort out and scientifically analyze the treasure house of Chinese civilization, treat it differently and inherit it with sublation, earnestly absorb the ideological essence and moral essence of China's excellent traditional culture, and promote the innovation theory of the Party to constantly climb new ideological peaks through the effective connection between the essence of Marxist thought and the essence of China's excellent traditional culture.
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